Rupert! What were you thinking?

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> ---  "Geoff" <gbannister10@> wrote:
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> > ...
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> > Geoff:
> > ...
> > 
> > We live in a house which is 74 years old and the state of the
> > pointing is excellent - without any work having been done on 
> > it in that time.
> >
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> Yes, but keep in mind that Rupert has a brick house that is over
> 200 years old, and it is not really a common house; it is a very
> large mansion. 
> 
> When I travel to London via Google-Maps Street View, I see 
> building all over that are being refaced. So, this is 
> maintenance that does have to be done. 

Geoff:
I lived in London for 45 years and go up every couple of months to 
see my son and his family in Croydon. Thus I have a pretty good idea 
about weather  and conditions of houses.

What you possibly see on Google Maps - if you concentrate on the 
centre - is the fact that a lot of companies and owners re-point the
brickwork for cosmetic reasons, not necessarily for structural reasons.

Again, in your viewing remember that London is a city of radius 20 
miles and more so the total area is approaching 1300 square miles so 
you can only be viewing a small percentage of that.